Terrence Jones pleads not guilty after police say former Kentucky basketball player stomped on homeless man

9:27 AM,
Aug. 1, 2013

Terrence Jones' booking photo courtesy of the Multnomah County Jail.

Written by

Jonathan Lintner
| The Courier-Journal

Terrence Jones has a Sept. 6 court date now after pleading not guilty to a harassment charge Wednesday for which police said the former University of Kentucky star shouted at a homeless man outside of a bar and stomped on him.

Jones, now a member of the Houston Rockets, was arrested at 2:06 a.m. Wednesday in his hometown of Portland by an on-duty police sergeant who witnessed the incident. He was released from the Multnomah County Jail on his own recognizance at 6:02 a.m. and appeared in court that afternoon.

Jones' family accompanied him to the courtroom, where the 6-foot-9 forward did not ...